Life In Ancient Egypt

Did you know that Egypt was one of the world’s first civilizations? Egypt had a strong bond with religion because they thought there was life after death. Egypt had a very large population it had a lot of people living in one tiny place. Trading was also important to Egypt because it wouldn’t survive without certain resources. But in the end what made Egypt so special was the form of writing that the Egyptians created and they called them hieroglyphics. The population of ancient Egypt was huge it had more than 4 million people living in the Nile River valley. The people from ancient Egypt had dark skin and dark hair. Most women in Ancient Egypt lived to be 34 years old or older and most men in ancient Egypt lived to be about

They had silver, horses, and cedar logs from Syria, Lebanon, and other areas of southwestern Asia. They got ivory, leopard skins, gold, cattle, and spices from Nubia. For these goods, the Egyptians bartered gold, other minerals, wheat, barley, papyrus sheets, and wine.

Transportation in ancient Egypt was mostly by boats and barges on the Nile River. The earliest Egyptian boats were made of papyrus reeds. Moved by poles at first, they later were powered by rowers with oars. By about 3200 B.C., the Egyptians had invented sails and started to rely on the wind for power. About 3000 B.C., they started to use wooden planks to build ships. During ancient Egypt's early history, most people walked or rode donkeys when they traveled by land. Wealthy Egyptians were carried on special chairs. During the 1600's B.C., the Egyptians began to ride in horse-drawn

The “ca” would need to find the right tomb and take the food offerings and use the corpse of the dead person as a home for the afterlife. Egyptians always tried to keep the corpse of the dead body I identifiable by the “ca”. Most corpses of the dead before 500 B.C. were usually buried in the desert and since it such a hot climate the corpse was naturally mummified and there was no trouble to do the mummifying.

The ancient Egyptians believed in many gods and goddesses they therefore worshiped many of them. The main god was the sun god re. The Egyptians relied on Re and the goddess Renenutet for good harvests. The most important goddess was Isis. Her husband and brother, Osiris, ruled over the plants and trees and the dead. Horus, son of Isis and Osiris, was god of the sky. He was called the lord of heaven and was often pictured with the head of a falcon.

In conclusion Egypt had a surprising culture and way of life. The belief of life after death is amazing that they thought that. Trading in Egypt is amazing because the trade things that still haven’t run out of style like writing on papyrus when we have regular paper in modern days. The population of Egypt even in modern days still is